Description
An integrated knowledge translation (IKT) approach is used in which different stakeholders (e.g end-users, researchers) collaborate in the development, use and evaluation of technology to support shared decision-making regarding ageing at home. Shared decision-making is a cornerstone for person-centred care and holds the potential to promote person participation in decisions. Technology have the potential to enhance older peoples’ involvement in shared decision-making processes, and this project will result in deeper understanding of facilitators and barriers of technologies for improving self-management and supporting quality housing decisions.
Core principles:
- Multiple-case, comparative, mixed-methods approach to explore older peoples’ use of space in their homes and neighborhoods
- An iterative approach with end-user feedback and end-user consultation to tailor technology to their needs
- Triangulation of data to consider differences between healthcare systems, geography and regulations
Coordinate activity phases:
- Assessing Global Positioning System (GPS)-reported and self-reported mobility of older people with frail health living at home: GPS-trackers are used to collect spatial data. Travel diaries are used to collect self-recorded mobility for comparison with GPS-assessed mobility, and additional information. Walking interviews are used to get insight into older peoples’ movements in the neighborhoods, and to discuss mobility practices in relation to self-reported well-being.
- Co-designing an enhanced version of a health- and activity platform: Based on
data from the first phase, collaboration with end-users in creating a platform that could
be used to inform shared decision-making about housing options for older people. - Compare data: Synthesise information from the previous phases, and assess
differences and similarities between rural and urban areas, and across jurisdictions in
Canada, the Netherlands and Sweden.
Financiers
Selected publications
- . The Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Older Adults’ Decision-Making Related to Health, and Health and Social Care Services in Daily Life—A Scoping Review, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022, Vol. 19, No. 1. Article : refereed.
- . Technology to support decision-making for older people with dementia, 2019. Conference paper : refereed.
- Nordin, S., Sturge, J., Meijering, L., & Elf, M. (2024). A 5-day codesign sprint to improve housing decisions of older adults: lessons learned from Sweden and the Netherlands. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 27(6), 661-673.
- Mochcovitch D, Jones A, Goutte J, Plourde KV, de Carvalho Corôa R, et al. (2025) Exploring mobility patterns and social health of older Canadians living at home to inform decision aids about housing: A mixed-methods study. PLOS ONE 20(4): e0320876. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320876
- Sturge, Jodi, Mirjam Klaassens, C. Allyson Jones, France Légaré, Marie Elf, Gerd Weitkamp, and Louise Meijering. "Exploring assets of people with memory problems and dementia in public space: A qualitative study." Wellbeing, Space and Society2 (2021): 100063.
- Maya Fakhfakh; Virginie Blanchette; Karine V Plourde; Souleymane Gadio; Marie Elf; Allyson Jones; Louise Meijering; Anik Giguère; France Légaré. Canadian older adults’ intention to use an electronic decision aid for housing decisions: a cross-sectional online survey (Preprint) JMIR Aging 2022-09-29 | Journal article. DOI: 10.2196/43106
- Sturge, J., Meijering, L., Jones, C. A., Garvelink, M., Caron, D., Nordin, S., ... & Légaré, F. (2021). Technology to Improve Autonomy and Inform Housing Decisions for Older Adults With Memory Problems Who Live at Home in Canada, Sweden, and the Netherlands: Protocol for a Multipronged Mixed Methods Study. JMIR research protocols, 10(1), e19244.